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Who the UO police want humiliated, schools that get poor bang for buck, Carole Smith raise: Top education news of the week

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Vernonia English teacher Justin Ward loves teaching in his hometown but is upset that so many students miss so much class. His district and several others with high rates of chronic absenteeism get poor reading and math results despite high per-student spending, a new study says.
(Michael Lloyd / The Oregonian)

Money also made the news: As in, which districts spend a lot but get little for it, and is the Portland school board paying Carole Smith enough of it?

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>> Vulgar University of Oregon police department list draws Internet sneers During work hours, a UO police lieutenant led his squad in creating a long list of people and things they'd like to see humiliated or punished, a fired officer says in a lawsuit. The list, which UO has now distributed, includes plenty of local people, from hired security guards that work UO sports events to the former university police chief to students and profs who ride bikes on campus.

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